The March 2020 lockdown did not stop the spread of infection (as it triggered a huge reverse migration from cities), but it did help to flatten the curve and gave time to scale up health infrastructure.
India announced a fiscal package worth `1.7 trillion to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, but there were arguments for more spending. Using data from a cross-section of countries, this paper estimates the relationship between fiscal spending and the spread of COVID-19, economic stringency, and macroeconomic factors. It argues that subsidy rationalisation is the way to fund the
omicron is less severe? that is not clear. for a start, the population here is far younger than say in britain, and also, while vaccination rates here are low, most people have some immunity because of prior infections. it is worth pointing out that masks here continue to be compulsory in public, and most people abide by that. the government however is not yet imposing any other significant restrictions to handle omicron. anna petherick is part of a group at oxford university which has been tracking how closely people have followed covid rules since 2020. she told me how she s seen that change during the pandemic. it s quite reassuring, actually, in some ways. when we started looking at this question we were worried about the idea of pandemic fatigue. the idea people would simply get sick and tired of following all of
of the pandemic. there also some encouraging signs that the number of infections which was so genetic here has already began to take off. does that mean that omicron is less severe? that is not clear. for a start the population here is far younger than in britain. and also while vaccination rates here are low, most people have some immunity because of prior infections. it s worth pointing out that masks here continue to be compulsory in public and most people abide by that. the government is not yet imposing any other significant restrictions to handle omicron. anna petherick is co principal investigator of the oxford university covid government response tracker, which has been tracking how closely people have followed covid rules since 2020. how has adherence to covid rules changed?
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